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a boundary (as of a country) or an area within a boundary

a prop for preventing sinking or sagging

to give support to, brace

About the contest
#ShoreIndie is a new contest in 2017 that supports emerging indie
authors by providing quality editing services and book marketing
resources,
creating a Twitter-based learning community for established as well as
emerging indie and hybrid authors, and connecting with existing online
communities that share our mission of supportingthe development of
writing craft as well as the technical and business skills and knowledge needed for a successful
indie author career.

From 9am ET June 3rd to 9am ET June 5th 2017, authors of young adult, new adult, and adult novels and novellas who are committed to self-publishing their books will submit their back cover copy (book blurb) and the first five double-spaced pages (approx. 1500 words) of their manuscripts to up to three professional editors for a chance to work with an editor for free for 7 weeks. Then, on July 31st, the ten winning entries from Round 1 will go on to the Judging Round, wherein our three judges will choose a Grand Prize Winner and a Runner-Up. Those two winner authors will receive prize packages that contain resources they will need to finish producing a high-quality book, market their book effectively, and further their learning about craft and indie authorship.

An integral part of this contest's mission is to provide opportunities for indie and hybrid authors to participate in community and learn more about craft and indie authorship. To that end, the contest also includes events like #AskEditor chats, #SIsubs, #AskAuthor chats, and mini-workshops. For more information, please see the contest schedule.
Several intersecting factors inspired Sione to create this contest.

The difficulty she has had as an indie author finding community on
Twitter that contributes to her learning about indie authorship. There
are some great websites that serve this function, but on Twitter, what she sees are indie authors retweeting each other's promo, which she has not
found to be an effective marketing strategy.

The desire to help other emerging indie authors avoid the most
common mistakes made when producing and marketing books. In Sione's experience, the #1 obstacle to self-publishing a quality book is
the lack of resources (or not understanding the need) for editing, and the #1 obstacle to selling that
high-quality self-published book is insufficient understanding of the
business side of indie authorship. Sione fell prey to both of
these obstacles: she knew the importance of hiring an editor but could not
afford it, and she didn't know where to start when it came to
getting her book in front of potential readers' eyes.

Her participation in Pitch to Publication as a volunteer editor
opened her eyes to how traditional Twitter pitch contests lead to rich
conversations about craft and the traditional publishing market, not to
mention authors forming friendships and finding critique partners. And
the winners of those contests end up one or two steps closer to their
publishing goals. She saw the potential for a contest like this - but
geared toward indie authors - to address the gaps noted above.

This contest distinguishes itself from existing contests in that it is run by freelance editors and the prize packages are designed to include services and resources that will help emerging indie authors begin to grow and sustain their careers.